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Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States
§ 51-35-1. Drainage district agreements to maintain works - The commissioners of any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized...
§ 51-35-3. Relocation of roads outside drainage district - The commissioners of any drainage district agreeing as herein provided...
§ 51-35-5. Donations of land to drainage district - The commissioners of any drainage district entering into agreement with...
§ 51-35-7. Drainage district tax for maintenance - The commissioners of any drainage districts entering into such agreements...
§ 51-35-9. Drainage district agreements to furnish rights of way - The commissioners of any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized...
§ 51-35-11. Acquisition of rights of way by drainage districts - The commissioners of any drainage district agreeing as herein provided...
§ 51-35-13. Drainage district tax for rights of way - The commissioners of any drainage district entering into such agreements...
§ 51-35-15. County agreements for rights of way and maintenance - The board of supervisors of any county through any part...
§ 51-35-17. Agreement by certain county - Any such board of supervisors is also hereby authorized and...
§ 51-35-21. Contribution to cost of acquiring land for improvements outside county - The board of supervisors of any county through any part...
§ 51-35-23. Apportionment of federal funds - All moneys paid to the State of Mississippi by the...
Article 5 - Urban Flood Control
§ 51-35-301. Citation - This article may be cited as the Urban Flood and...
§ 51-35-303. Legislative determination and declaration of policy - It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination,...
§ 51-35-305. General authority to organize - Flood and drainage control districts may now or hereafter be...
§ 51-35-307. Petition for creation of district - Any municipality which may be, in whole or in part,...
§ 51-35-309. Proceedings after petition filed - After the filing of the petition, the chancellor shall enter...
§ 51-35-311. Hearing - The chancery court in which said petition shall be filed...
§ 51-35-313. Appeal as preference case - Any person interested in or aggrieved by the final order...
§ 51-35-315. Powers of district - The said district through its board of directors is hereby...
§ 51-35-317. Board of directors - All powers of the district shall be exercised by a...
§ 51-35-319. Construction contracts - All construction contracts of the district, which shall be let...
§ 51-35-321. Appropriation permit - The district is empowered to obtain through appropriate hearings an...
§ 51-35-323. Board of directors to issue bonds - The board of directors of the district is hereby authorized...
§ 51-35-325. Declaration of intent to issue revenue bonds; contents and publication of resolution; protest; election on question of issuance of bonds - Before issuing any revenue bonds hereunder, the board of directors...
§ 51-35-327. Manner of holding election - Such elections shall be held, as far as is practicable,...
§ 51-35-329. Results of election - When the results of the election on the question of...
§ 51-35-331. Details of bonds - All such bonds provided by this article shall be negotiable...
§ 51-35-335. Validation of bonds - All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be validated...
§ 51-35-337. Bonds as legal investments - All bonds of the district shall be and are hereby...
§ 51-35-339. District and its bonds exempt from taxation - The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this article being...
§ 51-35-340. Authorization for short-term borrowing by certain levee districts - The board of directors of the district is hereby authorized...
§ 51-35-341. Preliminary expenses - The district may borrow funds for a period of not...
§ 51-35-343. Depository for funds of district - The board of directors shall designate one or more banks...
§ 51-35-345. Agreements with the United States, the state, or political subdivisions - The board of directors of the district is hereby authorized...
§ 51-35-347. Cooperation with other governmental agencies - The district shall have authority to act jointly with political...
§ 51-35-349. Urban flood and drainage control law controlling - The provisions of any other law, general, special, or local,...
§ 51-35-351. Savings clause - Nothing in this article shall be construed to violate any...